Showing posts with label Blood Diamonds. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blood Diamonds. Show all posts
Friday, June 24, 2011

Second update 6/25/11: Kimberley Process Allows Zimbabwe to Sell Diamonds from Marange, Or Did it?

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Miners at the Marange diamond fields. The Kimberley Process ended its ban of Zimbabwe diamonds from the controversial Manage diamond fie...
Thursday, June 23, 2011

The Collapse of the Kimberley Process Appears Imminent

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A Kimberley Process certificate, which ensures that diamonds are conflict-free. Photo credit: De Beers The Kimberley Process , which ha...
Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Is the Kimberley Process Dead? Does Anybody Know or Care?

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A miner holds the fruit of his labor at the Marange mine. While the international jewelry industry was meeting in Las Vegas this week, t...
Saturday, May 28, 2011

WFDB and Local Zimbabwe Group at Odds Over Diamond Sales

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The Marange diamond fields. Two organizations are sending different messages on whether Zimbabwe should sell diamonds from its controver...
Monday, March 21, 2011

Report: Kimberley Process Allows Zimbabwe to Sell Marange Field Diamonds

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Mathieu Yamba,  Kimberley Process chairperson. Photo credit: www.israeldiamond.co.il The chairman of the Kimberley Process is allowing...
Saturday, February 12, 2011

De Beers Issues Kimberley Process Support Statement

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The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme received an important statement of encouragement by the world’s largest diamond company. The D...
Saturday, January 8, 2011

Kimberley Process Member Challenges Zimbabwe Official Claims

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A Kimberley Process member has challenged claims by Zimbabwean Deputy Mines Minister Gift Chimanikire that the watchdog group authorized Z...
Thursday, January 6, 2011

Zimbabwe Minister Confirms KP Diamond Sales Approval

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Gift Chimanikire, Zimbabwe deputy minister of Mines and Minerals Development, has reaffirmed that the Southern African country has received ...
Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Report: Kimberley Process Approves Marange Diamond Sales

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Photo by Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, AP   The Kimberley Process , the organization charged with preventing trade in illicit diamonds, has rep...
Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Zimbabwe to Sell Its Marange Diamonds

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Thankful Musukutwa (left) and Zimbabwe Mining Minister Obert Mpofu Photo from the Diamond Guru blog In a move that could wreak havoc o...
Monday, December 6, 2010

Swiss Development Group Calls for Countrywide Ban in Zimbabwe Diamonds

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The Marange diamond field  Photo by Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, AP A Swiss international development organization has urged its government to...
Monday, November 22, 2010

RJC Warns Members not to Trade in Marange Diamonds

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A watchdog organization for the sustainable and conflict-free sourcing and sales of gemstones, precious metals and jewelry has told its memb...
Thursday, November 4, 2010

Update: KP Fails to Approve Zimbabwe Diamond Sales, Country Official Defiant, Says it will Sell them Anyway

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Photo by Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, AP After four days of closed-door meetings, officials representing the Kimberley Process have failed to ...

Report: Kimberley Process Officials Debate Zimbabwe Diamonds

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Photo by Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, AP Kimberly Process Certification Scheme officials are at a stalemate on whether to remove all restricti...
Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Ractliffe Charged with Possessing Rough Diamonds

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The man who allegedly concealed a diamond gift to supermodel Naomi Campbell has been formally charged by South African authorities, accordin...
Monday, September 20, 2010

GIA Opens Lab in Hong Kong

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The Gemological Institute of America formally opened its fifth international laboratory in Hong Kong with a quick ribbon-cutting ceremony ...
Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Second Zimbabwe Diamond Sale Date Kept Secret

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The Zimbabwe government said it will not disclose the date of its next diamond auction citing security reasons, according to a published re...
Thursday, August 26, 2010

Sierra Leone Diamond Exports Up 43%

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Photo from AFP Diamond exports from Sierra Leone increased by 43 percent in the first half of 2010 over the same period last year, reachi...
Monday, August 23, 2010

UK Diamond Firm, Jewelry Buying Group Ban Zimbabwe Diamonds

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UK-based diamond jewelry company MasterCut is refusing to buy rough diamonds from the Marange fields in Zimbabwe because the company said ...
Thursday, August 19, 2010

Charles Taylor 'Blood Diamond' Trial Takes Its First Victim

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Jeremy Ractliffe, head of the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund , has resigned that position following testimony at The Hague war crimes tr...